Archive for November, 2015

TEN refugee families from Lebanon will be arriving in Tralee in the coming weeks as part of the national resettlement programme. Two more families will be housed in Killarney, while a further 17 families will arrive in Kerry early next year. The interagency team – comprising Kerry County Council, Tralee […]

GARDAÍ are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing a female driver involved in a hit and run incident just outside town on Monday. The driver is said to be a woman with blonde hair, aged in her 30s, driving a dark coloured Alfa Romeo vehicle. This vehicle was involved in a […]

IT may have been a miserable, rainy Tuesday night in the county capital but this certainly cheered us up. The Christmas lights were turned on in The Mall, Denny Street and Castle Street and it looks fantastic. It’s obviously a warm-up ahead of the official switching on the lights by […]

A FRENCH language assistant at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí displayed WWI relics to students to celebrate Armistice Day recently. Rachel Guillard, who has been teaching at the school, showed students war items which belonged to her great, great grandfather who fought during World War 1. The treasured possessions included his war medal and holy […]

THERE ‘S good news for fans of Daniel O’Donnell as it’s been announced the Donegal crooner is set for a string of dates in Kerry next year. He returns to the stage at the INEC Killarney for shows on August 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th and 14th and the man himself will be there to […]

THANKS to the efforts of cyclists who took part in the Ring of Kerry Cycle this year, a local disability services organisation now has a brand new minibus. A total of 550 cyclists raised funds for the Kerry branch of Enable Ireland and on Tuesday were delivered the benefits of that […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School, Tralee hosted their annual Dragons Den session in the school on Wednesday last. It was a very successful event with 52 students pitching their ideas to a number of Dragons in the school. The ‘Dragons’ were Margaret Brick, CEO Connect Magazine, Fiona Leahy Business Adviser & Co-ordinator, Kerry Enterprise, Melanie […]

MEMBERS of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), working in the Emergency Department in Kerry General Hospital and in all of the country’s hospitals, have voted for a campaign of industrial action, including strike action, in protest at continuing overcrowding and inadequate staffing levels. In the recent ballot, over 92% of members voted in […]

ALWAYS a good sign Christmas is almost here is the St John’s annual bazaar which takes place  early next month. The bazaar, which commences Friday, December 4 and runs until Sunday, December 6, in the KDYS Denny Street, is a vital funds generator for the parish and has been running […]

OVER 150 people attended Tralee Credit Union’s prize giving event dedicated to young people on Friday night in Manor West Hotel. Presentations were made to students from primary, secondary and third level for Tralee Credit Union’s Annual Art Competition, their Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards and Schools Credit Union in […]

LIDL Ireland has applied for planning permission to build a new supermarket at the former Heiton Buckley premises on Edward Street. The German multi-national intends to build a store comprising 2,767 sq m floor area and two storeys in height. The construction of the supermarket will include a retail sales area with […]

A TRALEE girl, who died two years ago, will be remembered again next month at the third annual Tralee 5Km Santa Fun Run. The event, which takes place on Sunday, December 13 at 11am, has been hugely successful over the past two years and has raised over €20,000, all of which went towards […]

A KERRY soccer hero is set to be honoured next Sunday when the Tralee Dynamos club organises ‘The Legends Game’ at 12 noon in Cahermoneen. It’s all for Joe Flynn from Rahoonane, who has made the news recently for speaking so frankly, honestly and courageously about his battle against terminal cancer. Dynamos is inviting […]

SCÓR: The Scór County Final was held in Killarney racecourse on Friday 20th November.Na Gaeil had participants in four categories; The Léiriú; the Recitation; the Ballad Group;  and the Solo Singing. The standard this year was phenomenally high and all four had excellent performances with the Léiriú managing to secure a county […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 06, 11, 21 & 23. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Dan O Sullivan Mounthawk, Helen Kelliher Annagh, Carmel Moloney The Spa, Billy Foley Casement’s Avenue and Patsy Bowler Blennerville. Next […]

CHURCH GATE COLLECTION: Our thanks to everyone who generously supported our Annual Church Gate Collection at the weekend, and to all our Collectors who, as usual, gave their free time on Saturday night and Sunday morning to do the collection. SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 0-15; St. Michaels Foilmore 1-2. Played amidst […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in Ballygarry on Monday 16th November 2015 for a jackpot of €9,200.  Numbers drawn were. 16,23,25,27.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Michelle Counihan, Kielduff 2. Irene Heffernan, Cahir 3. Kathleen Brosnan, Arabella 4. S O Connor, Na Gaeil 5. Bryan Kearney, Tralee Sellers […]

Bag packing day Sat Nov 28: There will be a bag packing day in Garvey’s on Sat Nov 28th. The purchase of two (2) sets of Camogie jerseys has been approved; all funds raised will go towards those jerseys. Please contact any Camogie mentor if you can help us fill […]

MONSTER BINGO John Mitchels will be holding their first Monster Bingo at their fabulous complex at Ballyseedy on Sunday November 29th from 3.00 – 6.00 p.m. This is a fundraising exercise by the Club and all support would be greatly appreciated. Prize money of €4,000 including a Jackpot of €1,000 […]

FAOI 8/6/10: Sunday December 6th is the big day for the presentations of medals and certificates for the Under 6/8/10 boys. Ócáid thábhachtach is ea lá mór Bhronnadh na mBonn is na dTeastas. We look forward to a great evening! An Charraig go deo na ndeor! FAOI 14/15: The Under […]

Senior Club AGM The Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday the 27th of November at 7.30pm in the Bistro at the club. Coaching and Development With ever increasing playing numbers at all ages in the Club we are always anxious to ensure that every player is given the best […]

AUSTIN Stacks will have bit of a wait before they meet Laune Rangers in the final round 3 relegation play-off match, to decide who keeps their senior status. The match, at a time and venue to be decided, takes place on Sunday, December 13, so it’ll be nearly three weeks […]

ST JOHN’S parish has launched ‘The Year of Mercy’ which will see a number of events come to the parish over the coming weeks. Pope Francis will launched ‘The Year of Mercy’ in Rome on December 8 and St John’s parish will follow suite with a number of events for […]

THE Tralee man in the Las Vegas GoPro fail video seen over 7,000,000 times on YouTube, is now in talks to appear on a famous US talk show. Joe Griffin, originally from Clogherbrien, now living in Dublin, is just back from Las Vegas after he was invited by the Nevada city’s […]

OVER 100 ladies enjoyed an afternoon of fabulous fashion and food all for a good cause yesterday in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. The annual Connect Publications Ladies Lunch and Fashion Afternoon in aid of MS Tralee /West Kerry Branch was another huge success with the day kicking off with a Champagne reception […]

IT TRALEE students are holding their annual ‘Christmas Away From Home’ for all the students on Tuesday, December 1. The day entitled ‘ITT’s Christmas on Campus’ raises valuable funds for well- deserving charities. This year the ‘ITT’s Christmas on Campus’ is being organised and managed by the 3rd year Event […]

IT can sometimes be people from outside Kerry who best show the beauty of the county  we love. That’s certainly the case from this video of Brandon Bay produced by Swedish water-sports enthusiast, Magnus Kallin, who was blown away by the area while here for two weeks last month. The footage, shows Magnus and […]

A MAN who suffered a suspected heart attack while driving in Killarney yesterday has passed away. The man, William Martin from Glin, aged in his 70s, was travelling on the Killarney Bypass when he suffered the suspected heart attack and crashed into a parked car around 5pm. Emergency services attended the scene and traffic […]

THERE were celebrations in the Ballymac Bar last night when the Creagh family enjoyed a windfall from the Winning Streak programme. Eugie Creagh’s name was called out last week on the show, but it was his son John who was representing him on the TV programme last night. Eugie was […]

OLD friendships were renewed and memories shared at the launch of a book on the history of Blennerville school on Saturday. A huge crowd of past pupils passed through the doors to see the huge array of photos on the ‘Memory Wall’ and to meet old friends at the special occasion […]